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The illustration below is the result of months of research by the Chickasaw County Genealogical
Society and was created by member J.L. Kottke. It is a synthesis of research using historical
map information from 1800s maps; court records; newspapers of Nashua, Fredericksburg and New
Hampton; interviews and society archival library materials collected by members of CCGS. This and many other very interesting historical illustrations and information was created and published in CCGS booklet "Where We Were, A History in Maps". (If you would like to learn more regarding this booklet and availability, please see the CCGS Publications section.) This booklet was developed with several objectives in mind, foremost among them: to aid the researcher in understanding and locating places, villages, settlements, etc. that have long since vanished and to be able to "place" them in relation to time and geography within the county. Towns or villages known in history, not listed elsewhere are: Brooklyn, "Up the Creek" and Reilly Ridge. Brooklyn was located between Bradford and Nashua in Bradford Township. Reilly Ridge Settlement was located where the Sacred Heart Church was in Utica Township. J.H. Powers, in Historical and Reminiscences of Chickasaw County (1894, pages 158 – 159) writes about "Up the Creek ", located in Jacksonville Township along Crane Creek. The area, no longer a village, is now known as Crane Creek Immanuel Lutheran Church. Another town, Indiantown (1856 – 1862), appears on a map (1860s) and is written of in a book, Abandoned Towns, Villages, and Postoffices of Iowa, by David C. Mott. Known towns, villages and settlements of Chickasaw County: (note: those with an asterisk denote villages which once had a post office and their dates of existence) |
| Alta Vista, 1878 to present | Bassett*, 1872 to present |
| Beaver City*, 1856 – 1862 | Boyd*, 1890 – 1908 |
| Bradford*, 1852 – 1899 | Bridgeport*, before 1858 |
| Chickasaw Centre*, before 1855 | Chickasaw Station*, before 1870 |
| Chickasaw*, 1854 – 1904 | Crane Creek*, before 1869 |
| Dale*, 1862 – 1864 | Dayton Centre*, 1866 – 1870 |
| Deerfield*, 1856 – 1904 | Devon*, 1887 – 1935 |
| Dover*, before 1870 | Dresden*, 1899 – 1904 |
| Elk Creek*, 1877 – 1878 | Forest City*, 1858 – 1859 |
| Fredericksburg, 1857 to present | Greenwood*, 1868 – 1869 |
| Indiantown*, 1856 – 1862 | Ionia, 1870 to present |
| Jacksonville*, 1856 – 1887 | Jerico*, 1886 to present |
| Lawler, 1869 to present | Little Turkey*, 1866 to present |
| Maplesville*, 1856 – 1859 | Milan*, circa 1862 |
| Nansen*, 1897 – 1904 | Nashua, 1858 to present |
| New Hampton, 1855 to present | North Washington*, 1856 - 1998/99 |
| Pearl Rock*, 1872 – 1878 | Republic*, 1887 – 1914 |
| Richland Center*, before 1887 | Saude*, 1877 to present |
| Stapleton*, 1857 – 1882 | Waudena*, 1857 – 1862 |
| Williamstown*, 1858 – 1904 | Woodbridge*, before 1858 |
| Zillo*, 1861 – 1864 |
(Note: If you print this illustration it is even more readable.)
Source:
Chickasaw County ~ Where We Were ~
By Chickasaw County Genealogical Society,
Compiled by Jeanette Kottke
Date: 1996
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